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12-04-2016, 08:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: US
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Installed a white LED strip with a dimmer under the panel...love it! Nice even illumination, has held firmly for 4 years now. Just tucked the wire in under the tip-up stiffeners and thence down alongside the gooseneck (through the waterproof sailcloth cover opening for the gooseneck).
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12-04-2016, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Whistler BC
Posts: 207
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Originally Posted by cccjbr6
I installed a blue electroluminescent strip and inverter from Glowhut below the glareshield in my 6A slider and am very happy with it. Very even light. Though not visible in the picture below, the power cable is small. It comes off the end of the strip on the right and plugs into a small receptacle snaked above the right canopy rail longeron passthrough. In case you are interested, the panel markings are reverse engraved on a piece of lexan. Also not visible in this picture are the regular LED lights I installed in the footwells and baggage area. Very convenient for locating dropped pens, screws and tools.
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#DreamPanel.... so good.
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12-04-2016, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Posts: 3,926
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Originally Posted by bruceh
Here is how I connected the LED strip to the sub panel.
Just used a small plug/jack to make the canopy removable. |
This is how I mounted mine, too. I would include a picture, but (a) it's a nuisance to do so, and (b) it wouldn't add anything that this picture doesn't already show.
I'll point out one thing, though, which apparently isn't obvious to everyone. Note that the lights are mounted immediately behind the pinch-welt that protects the free end of the glareshield. This is where you want it. I saw an installation with the strip mounted right in the corner against the panel, and when "on" it provided light only down as far as the top of the first instrument below it. You have to bring it out as far as possible so light can get past the instruments to the lower half of the panel.
I'm curious what dimmer you have... Big Resistor, or PWM controller?
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12-05-2016, 06:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,900
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Work good
With the modern "screens" they probably aren't even necessary but occasionally come in handy. I put a green strip and white strip in and used a Deans 4 pin RC connector.
On my previous plane I had a green strip with the adhesive that came with it. Here in the heat of AZ the adhesive didn't hold well. I bridged the strip in a few areas with black silicon sealer and it held great. Did the same with the new one.
I also mounted a white strip under the panel and is hooked to the hot buss. Very nice to have light under there for inspections.
All my LED products were purchased from Oznium.
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Chandler AZ
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12-05-2016, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
Posts: 5,514
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Nice answers guys, thanks. I did not ask but am about to stick a strip under the seatback rail to illuminate the baggage compartment on my tip-7. I got at Advanced A and it came with a momentary switch and a small battery pack!! Cool to press the button and verify the colors in the store.
Nice to see the nice upgraded panel in the "Bluebird". Bob would be proud.
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12-05-2016, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Schaumburg, IL
Posts: 5,277
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Originally Posted by BillL
Nice answers guys, thanks. I did not ask but am about to stick a strip under the seatback rail to illuminate the baggage compartment on my tip-7. I got at Advanced A and it came with a momentary switch and a small battery pack!! Cool to press the button and verify the colors in the store.
Nice to see the nice upgraded panel in the "Bluebird". Bob would be proud.
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I put an LED strip inside of the fore - aft roll bar support member for baggage lighting. It provides much better lighting than under the seat rail.
Larry
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12-05-2016, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: US
Posts: 2,245
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I also, like others, put a couple of 6-LED little boards up under the panel (just stuck onto the support ribs on the bottom) to light the footwell area and provide some illumination during maintenance. Those two little lights have proven among the most useful on the whole plane! 
For the baggage area:
http://www.aveoengineering.com/eyebeam-dome/
ETA: actually, now that I look at this...this isn't quite the one I used. It was an "Eyebeam Mini" with the same footprint as this:
http://www.aveoengineering.com/eyebeam-mini/
Not sure if Aveo makes the smaller flood light any more?
Flood is on the hot buss; thought I'd use the pointable "spot" as a sort of map light, but have never used it. The flood light for the baggage area I use all the time, though...
Last edited by RV7A Flyer : 12-05-2016 at 11:53 AM.
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